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Meatloaf I’m Moving…Again! This is the 15th move that I am making and I am cleaning out the pantry, freezer and refrigerator. Typically, I use bread crumbs in my Meatloaf. However, I ran out. I did have cereal in the house, so I used that. […]

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Rack of Lamb The quintessential Spring dish is a lamb. I used to make a Leg of Lamb, but I switched to a Rack of Lamb about 10 years ago. It is such an easy cut of meat to make. No carving. The nice thing […]

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Garlic Chicken Soup It was 86 degrees last week and today it’s 46 degrees. Welcome back cold weather! I moved to a state where nothing really freezes and I’m convinced that the germs that are out there never really die off. With Covid-19, I like […]

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Meatloaf I’m Moving…Again! This is the 15th move that I am making and I am cleaning out the pantry, freezer and refrigerator. Typically, I use bread crumbs in my Meatloaf. However, I ran out. I did have cereal in the house, so I used that. […]

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Rack of Lamb The quintessential Spring dish is a lamb. I used to make a Leg of Lamb, but I switched to a Rack of Lamb about 10 years ago. It is such an easy cut of meat to make. No carving. The nice thing […]

Like this:

Garlic Chicken Soup It was 86 degrees last week and today it’s 46 degrees. Welcome back cold weather! I moved to a state where nothing really freezes and I’m convinced that the germs that are out there never really die off. With Covid-19, I like […]

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Pearl Couscous My Pearl Couscous recipe a quick and easy dish that packs a lot of flavor. In a large pan, bring salted water to a boil. Add the pearl couscous, olive oil and chicken soup base. Do NOT use any flavor packet that may […]

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Gourmet Beef Noodle Casserole I received this Gourmet Beef Noodle Casserole recipe from my Aunt Carol. After doing a little research, I think it may have been a Gooseberry Patch recipe, but I believe that recipe used the wide egg noodles. We changed it to […]

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Moroccan Chili Everyone has a recipe for Chili. However, I guarantee, you won’t have this one. Ground beef, ground chicken, canned tomatoes, beef broth, celery, onions, peppers, spices, and a secret ingredient. I developed this recipe the night before I moved back to Chicago from […]

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Baked Apples I know it isn’t fall, but it is still a little chilly here even though Spring has started. It has been in the mid-40s, plus cold and rainy. All I wanted to eat was something warm. Baked Apples are perfect to have something […]

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Sausage Roll I have been trying to get creative and using what I have on hand admist the Covid-19 stay at home restrictions. Plus I am trying to clean out the freezer for some other options to purchase. I had a package of puff pastry, […]

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Spaghetti di San Giuseppe St. Joseph’s Day, March 19th, is the feast day of Saint Joseph. We have been celebrating St. Joseph’s Day since before I was born. Originally, my Grandmother used to have a St. Joseph’s table for the family. The priest would come […]

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Hi! I’m Angela Dellutri. I developed this blog to pull together our family recipes to pass down to my son. I come from a long line of great cooks. I watched them cook with great interest from any early age.
I worked in restaurants and franchises when I was growing up and finally went to culinary school and The French Pastry School in 2007. I was even a Personal Chef for a few years. I hope you enjoy the blog!

Cooking & Baking Tip!

I always use Nielsen-Massey’s pure Vanilla Bean Paste instead of Vanilla Extract when baking. It has a rich vanilla taste and beautiful, real vanilla bean specks from the vanilla bean pod. You use it in the same amount as Vanilla Extract (1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste = 1 teaspoon vanilla extract).

European Butter – European Butter has a higher butterfat content than American butter. This is what what French Pastry chefs use and one of the reasons French Pastries taste so good. Plugra is the brand I use, as it has 82% butterfat. Land O’ Lakes also has an European Butter with 82% butterfat. Amish Roll Butter typically has 84% butterfat, so this can be used as well.

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Meatloaf I’m Moving…Again! This is the 15th move that I am making and I am cleaning out the pantry, freezer and refrigerator. Typically, I use bread crumbs in my Meatloaf. However, I ran out. I did have cereal in the house, so I used that. […]

Like this:

Garlic Chicken Soup It was 86 degrees last week and today it’s 46 degrees. Welcome back cold weather! I moved to a state where nothing really freezes and I’m convinced that the germs that are out there never really die off. With Covid-19, I like […]

Like this:

Pearl Couscous My Pearl Couscous recipe a quick and easy dish that packs a lot of flavor. In a large pan, bring salted water to a boil. Add the pearl couscous, olive oil and chicken soup base. Do NOT use any flavor packet that may […]

Like this:

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Gourmet Beef Noodle Casserole I received this Gourmet Beef Noodle Casserole recipe from my Aunt Carol. After doing a little research, I think it may have been a Gooseberry Patch recipe, but I believe that recipe used the wide egg noodles. We changed it to […]